Schedule

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Here is our tentative schedule!


Week or Session #

Main Topic(s)
 Readings / Resources
 Whole Group Activities
(Occasionally F2F)
 Team Activities
 Individual Assignments
Module 1 (PD week before school starts)

Getting to Know the Common Core Curriculum (Overview)
  • Intro Wiki (F2F)

  • Optional Wiki training

  • Common Core discussion- How was the Common Core Curriculum developed?
 Teambuilding- choose roles
(switch each month)

Contribute to Pros/Cons list
 Explore Wiki

Complete survey
Module 2 (Sept)
Staff Dev.

ActivInspire Flipchart Resource Bundles overview
 Math Flipchart Bundles
  • Introduce format of Math flipchart Bundle (F2F)
  • Tips for modifying flipcharts demo
  • Optional ActivInspire training
Explore Q1 flipchart resources.

As a team contribute to ActivInspire discussion on Wiki
 Incorporate 1 resource from the Flipchart into a lesson.
Module 3 (Sept)
PD day

Math Practices
  • Math Practices Jig Saw activity (F2F)
 As a team post to whole-school discussion on the Math Practices page on the Wiki
 Read and become familiar with Math Practices
Module 4 (Oct.)
Staff Dev.

Counting & Cardinality (PreK/K)

Operations & Algebraic Thinking (1-5)
  • Common Core Curriculum

  • Web-Based Article

  • Flipchart bundle
  • Introduce team resource pages

  • Examine Operations & Algebraic Thinking Domain
 Work as a team to begin to organize team Wiki page (add headings etc.)
 Contribute one resource for a standard within the Operations and Algebraic Thinking (or Counting and Cardinality) domain to team Wiki page
Module 5 (Oct.)
Staff Development

Operations & Algebraic Thinking
  • Video
  • Choose one cluster or standard to explore deeper
 Discussion on Wiki:
How is the standard different from what you taught before?

What do your students need to know in order to accomplish the standard?

Which of these skills do students already have and what do you need to build into instruction.
 Contribute one resource to the wiki to meet the standard your team examined.
Module 6 (Oct.)
PD day

Story Problem Structures
  • Web-based Article
Work as a team to complete story problem matrix on team resource page.
 Continue adding resources to team resource page.
Module 7 (Nov.)
Staff Development

Q2 Flipchart Bundle
  • Flipchart Bundle
  • Overview of standards to be taught that quarter

  • Team planning Time

  • Optional modifying/ creating a flipchart training after school
 Explore Q2 flipchart bundle

As a team, add any new ideas for using ActivInspire to Wiki
 Modify a flipchart to share with your team
Module 8 (Dec.)

Number and Operations in Base Ten
  • Common Core Curriculum

  • Video
  • Examine Number and Operations in Base Ten domain
 Explore web 2.0 applications that could be used to teach the standards in this domain.
 Add web 2.0 resource to Wiki
Module 9 (Dec.)
(staff meeting)

Using Manipulatives
  • Video

  • Virtual manipulative websites
  • Discuss strategies for using manipulatives (F2F)

  • Explore virtual manipulative websites
 As a grade-level team share how you use manipulatives on the manipulatives page of the Wiki (either physical or virtual)
 Try a new manipulative tool or strategy!
Module 10 (Jan.)
Staff Dev.

Q3 Flipchart Resources

Mid-year check-up
  • Q3 Flipchart Bundle
  • Discuss Q3 standards to be taught

  • Team planning time

  • Optional “advanced” ActivInspire training after school
 Explore Q3 Flipchart
 Complete mid-year math survey
Module 11 (Jan.)
PD day

Measurement and Data
  • Common-Core Curriculum

  • Web-based article
  • Examine Measurement & Data Domain
Contribute at least one resource to team Wiki page.
Module 12
(Feb.)
Staff Meeting

A closer look at “Represent and Interpret Data” across the grade levels
  • Common Core Curriculum

  • Video
  • Examine cluster one grade level above and one grade level below
 As a team add to discussion-

How does this cluster progress through the grades?

What do students need to know in order to meet the standards at your grade level?
 Contribute on resource for this cluster on your team’s Wiki page.
Module 13
(March)

Q4 Bundle
  • Quarter 4 Flipchart Bundle
  • Discuss Q4 standards

  • Team Planning
 What are our students’ strengths?

What do students still need to know?
Module 15
(April)

Geometry Domain
  • Common Core Curriculum

  • Video
  • Examine Geometry domain
 Explore virtual manipulatives & other web 2.0 resources you could use to teach the standards in this domain
 Add a resource to your team’s Wiki
Module 16 (May)

TBD- Team chooses topic based on needs (Staff Dev.)


End of year wrap-up (Staff meeting)
  • Web-based articles

  • School-based math resources
  • TBD (based on team needs)


  • Share team Wiki page and celebrate accomplishments (F2F)

  • What challenges are we still facing?
 TBD (based on team needs)
 Complete end of year survey